إنجيل القدّيس متّى .32-29:12
قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ: كَيْفَ يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتَ القَوِيِّ ويَنْهَبَ أَمْتِعَتَهُ، إِنْ لَمْ يَرْبُطِ القَوِيَّ أَوَّلاً، وحِينَئِذٍ يَنْهَبُ بَيْتَهُ؟
مَنْ لَيْسَ مَعِي فَهُوَ عَلَيَّ. ومَنْ لا يَجْمَعُ مَعِي فَهُوَ يُبَدِّد
لِذلِكَ أَقُولُ لَكُم: كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ سَتُغْفَرُ لِلنَّاس، وكُلُّ تَجْدِيف، أَمَّا التَّجْدِيفُ عَلى الرُّوحِ فَلَنْ يُغْفَر
مَنْ قَالَ كَلِمَةً عَلى ٱبْنِ الإِنْسَانِ سَيُغْفَرُ لَهُ. أَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ عَلى الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ فَلَنْ يُغْفَرَ لَهُ، لا في هذَا الدَّهْر، ولا في الآتِي
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 9:57-62.
As Jesus and His disciples were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.”
Jesus answered him, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”